Analysis

  • max time kernel
    32s
  • max time network
    33s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20240802-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240802-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    17-09-2024 00:47

General

  • Target

    Emerald X/Emerald.exe

  • Size

    229KB

  • MD5

    f50a9b0c2670af5b0e3371ecdcebed27

  • SHA1

    e114834c05d2e86db3c3d45ccbd46a7c32950167

  • SHA256

    abbf1cd65c8d762019873c47b45e374d0c75cb28ddf754a8ddb35501f3cb63b2

  • SHA512

    21784568e5f27bbd0235fb37d7a7381055da13f27c00b6399bbb09b286bc58a965f00bb925950855392aad57678d34ccd0de4d13b10f9ae7503bc192143a90c6

  • SSDEEP

    6144:lloZM+rIkd8g+EtXHkv/iD4eudRU69VecbGkFZwEPb8e1moi:noZtL+EP8eudRU69VecbGkFZwWq

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detect Umbral payload 1 IoCs
  • Umbral

    Umbral stealer is an opensource moduler stealer written in C#.

  • Credentials from Password Stores: Credentials from Web Browsers 1 TTPs

    Malicious Access or copy of Web Browser Credential store.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Detects videocard installed 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses WMIC.exe to determine videocard installed.

  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs
  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Emerald X\Emerald.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Emerald X\Emerald.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4108
    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
      "wmic.exe" csproduct get uuid
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1800
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\attrib.exe
      "attrib.exe" +h +s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Emerald X\Emerald.exe"
      2⤵
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:916
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Emerald X\Emerald.exe'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3028
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell.exe" Set-MpPreference -DisableIntrusionPreventionSystem $true -DisableIOAVProtection $true -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true -DisableScriptScanning $true -EnableControlledFolderAccess Disabled -EnableNetworkProtection AuditMode -Force -MAPSReporting Disabled -SubmitSamplesConsent NeverSend && powershell Set-MpPreference -SubmitSamplesConsent 2
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:208
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell.exe" Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path HKCU:SOFTWARE\Roblox\RobloxStudioBrowser\roblox.com -Name .ROBLOSECURITY
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5096
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell.exe" Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path HKLN:SOFTWARE\Roblox\RobloxStudioBrowser\roblox.com -Name .ROBLOSECURITY
      2⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:536
    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
      "wmic.exe" os get Caption
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1332
    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
      "wmic.exe" computersystem get totalphysicalmemory
      2⤵
        PID:3036
      • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
        "wmic.exe" csproduct get uuid
        2⤵
          PID:3064
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell.exe" Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path 'HKLM:System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment' -Name PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER
          2⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:2684
        • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
          "wmic" path win32_VideoController get name
          2⤵
          • Detects videocard installed
          PID:3444
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
          "cmd.exe" /c ping localhost && del /F /A h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Emerald X\Emerald.exe" && pause
          2⤵
          • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1504
          • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
            ping localhost
            3⤵
            • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
            • Runs ping.exe
            PID:2440

      Network

      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

      Replay Monitor

      Loading Replay Monitor...

      Downloads

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

        Filesize

        2KB

        MD5

        d85ba6ff808d9e5444a4b369f5bc2730

        SHA1

        31aa9d96590fff6981b315e0b391b575e4c0804a

        SHA256

        84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f

        SHA512

        8c414eb55b45212af385accc16d9d562adba2123583ce70d22b91161fe878683845512a78f04dedd4ea98ed9b174dbfa98cf696370598ad8e6fbd1e714f1f249

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        Filesize

        944B

        MD5

        6d3e9c29fe44e90aae6ed30ccf799ca8

        SHA1

        c7974ef72264bbdf13a2793ccf1aed11bc565dce

        SHA256

        2360634e63e8f0b5748e2c56ebb8f4aa78e71008ea7b5c9ca1c49be03b49557d

        SHA512

        60c38c4367352537545d859f64b9c5cbada94240478d1d039fd27b5ecba4dc1c90051557c16d802269703b873546ead416279c0a80c6fd5e49ad361cef22596a

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        Filesize

        948B

        MD5

        0b8cb2e6dd5794b6a56a4bdbbd430fd7

        SHA1

        2b08e348c3489c6a35761af073018e3784c12074

        SHA256

        bcce0d44e33747e4c39df9afbd0a4e98a47ded0188375e4dfdd94cafbb366e1f

        SHA512

        15ce3b588aa80899f69b0313c7e188d886bddbd09783ca732ac33f9ae8e4e017a72b6f98919f581383a4582732575e5faedb0dea87e01cf2b657424945fdf4d2

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        Filesize

        1KB

        MD5

        548dd08570d121a65e82abb7171cae1c

        SHA1

        1a1b5084b3a78f3acd0d811cc79dbcac121217ab

        SHA256

        cdf17b8532ebcebac3cfe23954a30aa32edd268d040da79c82687e4ccb044adc

        SHA512

        37b98b09178b51eec9599af90d027d2f1028202efc1633047e16e41f1a95610984af5620baac07db085ccfcb96942aafffad17aa1f44f63233e83869dc9f697b

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        Filesize

        1KB

        MD5

        ec79fae4e7c09310ebf4f2d85a33a638

        SHA1

        f2bdd995b12e65e7ed437d228f22223b59e76efb

        SHA256

        e9c4723a5fe34e081c3d2f548a1d472394cc7aa58056fcf44ca542061381243a

        SHA512

        af9dda12f6bb388d826fe03a4a8beed9bda23a978aa55a2af6a43271660ee896a7ee3bcf2c4d2f1e6180902791d8c23560f1c2ec097a501d8c6f4f6c49075625

      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_2jdxr3n1.ktx.ps1

        Filesize

        60B

        MD5

        d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

        SHA1

        6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

        SHA256

        96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

        SHA512

        5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

      • memory/3028-13-0x000001895E210000-0x000001895E232000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        136KB

      • memory/3028-14-0x00007FFF42910000-0x00007FFF433D1000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/3028-15-0x00007FFF42910000-0x00007FFF433D1000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/3028-18-0x00007FFF42910000-0x00007FFF433D1000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/3028-3-0x00007FFF42910000-0x00007FFF433D1000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/4108-34-0x0000015C1F340000-0x0000015C1F390000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        320KB

      • memory/4108-33-0x0000015C37E40000-0x0000015C37EB6000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        472KB

      • memory/4108-35-0x0000015C1F2F0000-0x0000015C1F30E000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        120KB

      • memory/4108-1-0x0000015C1D620000-0x0000015C1D660000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        256KB

      • memory/4108-0-0x00007FFF42913000-0x00007FFF42915000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        8KB

      • memory/4108-71-0x0000015C1F2D0000-0x0000015C1F2DA000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        40KB

      • memory/4108-72-0x0000015C37DC0000-0x0000015C37DD2000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        72KB

      • memory/4108-2-0x00007FFF42910000-0x00007FFF433D1000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB

      • memory/4108-90-0x0000015C37EC0000-0x0000015C38069000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        1.7MB

      • memory/4108-91-0x00007FFF42910000-0x00007FFF433D1000-memory.dmp

        Filesize

        10.8MB